New poll shows antisemitism in America is increasing across the ideological and educational lines

The Manhattan Institute released a poll yesterday that described, in detail, the thinking of today's Republicans and their different categories.

However, they also sampled a (smaller) number of Democrats, and the survey asked a number of questions about Jews.

The responses show that antisemitism in America is independent of political or educational boundaries.

There were five questions that mentioned Jews. The first one asked about whether their parties should accept people with openly antisemitic opinions, and one of the responses was "I am such a person." I've never seen a poll where people were asked straight out if they are antisemites. 

The results? 11% total said they held antisemitic beliefs.  10% did not graduate college, 13% did. 16% were Democrat, 11% Republican. 12% voted for Trump, 11% for Harris.

The  next question asked whether people agreed that "The Holocaust of Jews in Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe." 19% total said this was probably or definitely true. 18% were not graduates, 24% were. 22% Democrat, 24% Republican. 

12% felt Jews have received too much support and favorable treatment. 11% non-graduate, 12% graduate; but in this case the Democratic support was 9% while Republican was 25%. 

To the question of whether "Jews are collectively responsible for the killing of Jesus Christ," 32% strongly or mostly agreed. Non-graduate 33%, graduate 32%. Democrat 33%, Republican 48%.

29% of the total believe that most or all Jewish Americans are more loyal to a foreign country than the US. The breakdown here was 30% non-graduates and 27% graduates, 26% Democrats and 30% Republicans.

Other conspiracy theories were also fairly even divided among Democrats and Republicans. 9/11, autism link to vaccines and the moon landing being faked were believed by a roughly similar number of Democrats and Republicans, college educated and not. 

The takeaways:

1.Antisemitism is not a partisan problem.
It lives in Democratic and Republican voters. It’s visible among the educated and the uneducated. It cuts through all tribes -  because it’s not about party. It’s about grievance and conspiracism.

2. Antisemitism is generational.
Younger respondents are far more likely to hold antisemitic beliefs, across every question. That’s not ideology. That’s algorithmic influence, social media immersion, and a collapse of moral structure.

3. Partisanship itself may correlate with antisemitism.
The most consistently non-antisemitic group in the poll? Independents. Those without tribal affiliation were markedly less likely to endorse antisemitic views. This suggests that ideological rigidity may amplify moral blindness.

4. Higher education is no protection.
College-educated respondents were often as likely or more likely to hold antisemitic or conspiratorial beliefs than those who never attended. That’s a damning indictment of our institutions -  not just their failure to protect Jews, but their failure to teach how to think.

This poll doesn’t just show individual antisemitism. It reveals a national vulnerability — to grievance, to conspiracy, to dehumanization. This is a moral immune system failure.

And for Jews, it’s not just concerning — it’s existential. Because a society saturated in grievance and divorced from truth doesn’t need Nazis. It just needs narrative. And antisemitism always finds a role to play.

This is a warning. Not just about the Right or the Left, but about America, and whether it will remain a place that Jews remain safe. 

Based on the generational split in these questions, it looks like things will only get worse. 

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